Download - Embarking on the Personal Project
EMBARKING ON THE
PERSONAL PROJECT
I MP L EMEN T I N
G MY P P
E R SONA L
P RO J EC T A
T SA I N
T ANDR EW ’ S
WHY STUDENT-DIRECTED LEARNING?
For apart from inquiry, apart from the praxis, individuals cannot be truly human. Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
WHY STUDENT-DIRECTED LEARNING?
The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.
-Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline
WHY STUDENT-DIRECTED LEARNING?
We can only have...citizens who can live constructively in this kaleidoscopically changing world ...if we are willing for them to become self-starting, self-initiating, lifelong learners.
- Carl Rogers, 1969
DEFINING
THE
PERSONAL
PROJEC
T •Description• Process
•Relationships•Timeline
•Tasks
DESCRIPTION
• Personal nature• Independent (establish life long
learners)• Inquiry process (MYP pedagogy)• Completed by End of Year 5
DESCRIPTION
Goal of Personal Project• Develop Life Long Learner
Academic
Knowledge
Thoughtful Action
Inquiry Process
PROCESS
• Generate Topic• Assign Supervisor• Choose Area of Interaction• Define Goal• Pose question to guide inquiry• Create specifications to evaluate the
outcome• Decide on format of Process Journal• Implement (include sources)• Reflect/Modify in PJ• Exhibit/Share PP• Reflect on PP process• Prepare PP report
RELATIONSHIPS
• Student• PP Coordinator• Supervisor• Mentor• IB External Evaluator
RELATIONSHIPS
StudentSupervisor Mentor
PP CoordinatorIB External Evaluator
RELATIONSHIPS
Student
• Generate inspired and personal topic• Application of criteria to concrete project• Create timeline and meet deadlines• Keep up with Process Journal• Meet regularly with Supervisor• Evaluate outcome and complete PP report• Submit report to Supervisor
RELATIONSHIPS
PP Coordinator: Paula Tin Nyo
• [email protected] 561.613.7486
• MYP and DP• Philosophy & Fine Arts Background• Academic to Application• Project-based learning process
RELATIONSHIPS
PP Coordinator
• Guide Topic generation• Guide Standardization Evaluation• Format PP Report• Work closely with MYP Coordinator,
Nathalie• Work closely with Supervisors• Resource for PP questions
RELATIONSHIPS
Supervisor
• Guides and advises student throughout process (9th-10th grade)
• Supervises student’s formulation of specifications
• Takes part in internal standardization of assessment process established by Saint Andrew’s.
• Ensures Academic Honesty• Evaluates Personal Project, including outcome,
with student
RELATIONSHIPS
Mentor
• An expert in technical aspects of the topic of inquiry
• Should not be doing the work
RELATIONSHIPS
IB External Evaluator (monitoring of assessment)
• Reviews Personal Project Report• Samples of PP projects & process
journal extracts submitted to IB (within 2 years of 5 year review)
• Does NOT evaluate outcome
TIMELINE
When and Where Do We Start?
• NOW• Year 1, 6th grade• Generate excitement and
commitment from Year 1 of MYP
TIMELINE
2013
2012
2014
2015
2016
VERIFICATION VISIT BY IB IN APRIL
AUTHORIZATION BY IBLAUNCH PILOT PP END OF 9TH GRADE
RUN PILOT PP FOR SELECT 10TH GRADERSLAUNCH 1ST PP END OF 9TH GRADE FOR ALL
IMPLEMENT PP FOR 1ST MYP, Y5 CLASSSUBMIT SAMPLES BY MARCH TO IB
5 YEAR REVIEW BY IBINCLUDING EVALUATION VISIT
MYP FOR SAINT ANDREW’S
Positive Community Outreach
• Enrollment and Retention Tool
• Generates excitement and marketing material to exemplify our mission in the form of projects completed over time
MYP FOR SAINT ANDREW’S
• Opportunity and encouragement to structure the relationships and process according to individual students and supervisor needs and strengths
• Format is undefined by design in order to keep it personal
• Embed our mission in each of these PPs as part of guidelines
Flexibility
• Composed of Pilot Supervisors• Create Action Plan• Develop Timeline with specific
benchmarks• Define role, scope and limitation
of Supervisors• Standardize Forms & Assessments
for consistency throughout Saint Andrew’s
TASKS
Form Personal Project Committee